Horseshoe



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

AUGUSTUS-WEITMAN, OF WEST UNION, IOWA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,812, dated September 5, 1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsrUs WEITMAN, of West Union, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe; andA I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure lis a plan or top View of myinvention detached from the hoof; Fig. 2, an inverted plan of the same; Fig. 3, a side view ot' the saine attached to the hoof; Fig. 4C, a longitudinal section ofthe same, taken in the line x.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvementin that class of horseshoes which are attached to the hoofwithoutthe aid of nails.

The object of the invention is to obtain a means for securing the shoe to the hoof without the use ot nails, and which will prevent the animal becoming hoof-bound, and at the same time iirmly secure the shoe to the hoof.

The shoejs constructed of two equal parts, A A, of similar size and shape, and connected at their ends, which form the front ofthe shoe, by a pivot, ct.

The parts A A are provided with calks B at their rear ends, and each of said parts has an upright flange, O, to bear against the exterior of the hoof, a screw, b, passing through each flange into the hooi'.

On the upper surface of each part A there is a lip or spur, D, and these spurs sink into the bottom of the hoof and preserve the flanges O from strain under the pull of the animal.

E represents the toe-calli, which is formed on a plate, F, applied to the front part of the shoe. This plate F also has a tlange, G, which extends up at the front side of the hoot', but has no screw passing through it. The plate F has two screws, H, passing through it,one near each end, said screws passing through the parts AA and preventing said parts from becoming detached from the hoof.

At each end of the plate F there is an upright ange, c, and these tlanges t in notches or recesses 0.x in the outer sides ot' the parts A, and also have a tendency to prevent said parts from spreading.

The screws b, passing through the flanges O into the hoof, have a tendency to draw the lat ter outward or expand. it, thereby1 preventing the animal from becoming hoof-bound, the sides or parts A A being at such a distance apart as to effect this result.

In order to detach the shoe from the foot the plate F is removed and the screws b unscrewed out of the hoot'.

This shoe thus applied cannot become casually detached, and maybe very readily attached to and detached from the hoof.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The lips or spurs D on the upper surface ot' each part A of the shoe, in connection with the anges C, screws b, and the tlange G at the front of the shoe, substantially as described.

2. Constructing the shoe ot' two equal parts, A A, connected at their front ends by a pivot, a, when used in connection with the plate F, attached to said parts by screws H, and either with or without the flanges c, as set forth.

AUGUSTUS WHITMAN.

Witnesses:

A. B. EcKER, E. H. KINYON. 

